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Some in Pa. House want liquor privatization funds directed to transportation
A few House Republicans are chiming in with their own ideas about how to spend the money raised if a plan to phase out Pennsylvania’ ...
13 years ago
Delaware preschoolers get a surprise visit from state and education leaders
U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan was in Delaware today to check in on the state’s early childhood education initiativ ...
13 years ago
N.J. Senate gun bills include plan for instant background check
Democrats in the New Jersey Senate are proposing their own measures to reduce gun violence. One new proposal calls for a photo ID ...
13 years ago
Java Ink closes unexpectedly; new cooking studio to move in
The owner of Java Ink is allegedly in some hot water. The East Falls coffee shop apparently closed its doors earlier this month wi ...
13 years ago
39th Police District: Where newspapers are torched in classrooms
This list covers April 5-11, 2013. April 5 2:24 a.m. Robbery: 2200 block of Indiana St. Taken was a Samsun ...
13 years ago
Pa. lawmakers consider incentives for natural gas vehicles, fueling stations
The Pennsylvania House this week is considering a package of bills to encourage bus systems and businesses to switch their fleets to natu ...
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10 accused of trying to defraud SEPTA by faking injuries in Philly crash
Ten people have been charged with faking injuries during a minor SEPTA bus crash in Philadelphia. The accused claimed they w ...
13 years ago
3 dead, more than 100 injured in Boston Marathon explosions [updated]
UPDATED: Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says the city is on heightened alert after two bombs at the Boston Maratho ...
13 years ago
A Raisin in the Sun at The Arden: Great for tweens and teens
As part of the human experience, we all have them. Big, small, scary, unattainable, tangible. Of the past, present and future. Borrowing ...
13 years ago
Unless revenues improve, Dems say N.J. can’t afford Christie tax-cut plan
Democratic leaders in the New Jersey Legislature have reservations about Gov. Chris Christie’s latest tax cut proposal. Chri ...
13 years ago
GHS assistant hired as head football coach at former rival MLK High
Germantown High School’s closing also means the end of the annual Thanksgiving football game against the MLK Cougars. But one schoo ...
13 years ago
Sequester hits Delaware Water Gap
Another casualty of the federal sequester. To meet a mandated budget cut of five percent, the National Parks Service will close tw ...
13 years ago
Former Renfrew Center patients discuss recovery via art therapy
Renfrew Center art therapist, Sondra Rosenberg, said that an annual show of patient artwork from the Roxborough eating disorder treatment ...
13 years ago
Christie signs bill to prevent N.J. schools from spying with school-issued laptops
Gov. Chris Christ ...
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Germantown Deaf Ministries Fellowship’s annual tea focuses on faith and friendship
On Saturday, a large cross-section of locals sat down for tea at Northwest Philadelphia’s New Covenant Church for an all-ages gathe ...
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